ATG Quirkies: Haldeman-Julius’ Blue Books: Education for the Masses

In spring 2019, Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas will behosting a symposiumhonoring native Kansan and socialist publisher, Emanuel Haldeman-Julius . With help from his wife Marcet, Haldeman-Julius “revolutionized, if not created, mass-market publishing, making his products affordable to all.” EntitledLittle Blue Books at 100:Haldeman-Julius’s Revolutionary Publishing Venture, the symposium will put the spotlight on a “career, which spanned over thirty years, and saw the printing and selling of “an estimated 500,000,000+ Little Blue Books, with over 2000 different titles…”